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China key terms #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| warlords | military leader who has his own army; helped Shang kings control territories |
| aristocrats | upper class of society; made up of warlords and other royal officials |
| ancestors | person that someone is descended from |
| pictographs | symbol based on pictures that represent objects |
| ideographs | symbol that links 2 or more pictographs to represent a thing or idea |
| bureaucracy | group of non-elected government officials |
| hereditary | having title or possession by reason of birth |
| Mandate of Heaven | belief that the Chinese kings' right to rule came from the gods |
| Dao | Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule; means "path" and translated as "the Way" |